Trying to track down a rattle on 2020.........

[Oldfart]

I'm just coming up on 5,000 miles with a 2020, so very low miles, and I've started getting a rattle from, I think, the back half of the truck. It's one of those noises I'm having a hell of a time trying to pinpoint where it's coming from. It's sounds something like a rattle that would come from a rod end, or shock, if the bushing was shot. Like a metal rod rattling quickly against metal. It's just once in a while when you go over a set of high frequency bumps, and it's not very loud at all. Sometimes it's sounds like left rear, sometimes it sound like it might be more towards the middle. No sunroof.

I know it's a shot in the dark, but thought I would ask, on the off chance that someone else ran into this. Anyone run into something similar and able to track it down?

 

[Muchmore]

I had one, one time I was cutting donuts in a parking lot and hit a curb under a bunch of snow

 

[Cthulhu]

At first, I was all...
"Hot damn, are these trucks ever fun in the snow!!"
Then I was like...
"Trying to track down a rattle on 2020........."

 

[Muchmore]

We have to have a little fun at the Old Farts expense

 

[GordoJay]

Did you check just below the trailer hitch?

 

[GCATX]

Loose nut behind the wheel?

I know, boo hiss, that's an old one.

 

[Muchmore]

Loose nut behind the wheel?

He is old, it could be loose "nuts" behind the wheel!!

 

[RaptorFun]

Ah...my FRF brethren engaged in frivolity at @Oldfarts expense!! I should join in but this time I’ll sit this one out.

At first glance...I’d check the shielding on your exhaust downstream of your muffler. I seem to recall others have had a similar noise they traced to the heat shields vibrating against something. Good luck in tracking it down.

 

[Zeusmotorworks]

If you have a pano roof, lube the seal on both the front AND rear glass seal (I know you have plenty of this, you showed us your barrel). Also check that your jack is secure behind the seat.

 

[Oldfart]

At first, I was all...
"Hot damn, are these trucks ever fun in the snow!!"
Then I was like...
"Trying to track down a rattle on 2020........."

I never thought about the timing of the 2 threads. The rattle started a few weeks ago, I swear it's not from the big light pole I hit last night! You can't hear the rattle unless the stereo is off, so it's not bad at all, but I get really annoyed with any rattles.